Toot_Baldon

Toot Baldon

Toot Baldon

Human settlement in England

Toot Baldon is a village and civil parish about 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Oxford in Oxfordshire. Since 2012 it has been part of the Baldons joint parish council area, sharing a parish council with the adjacent civil parish of Marsh Baldon. The 2011 Census recorded its population as 148.[1]

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Toponym

"Toot" is derived from an Old English word for "a look-out place".[2] "Baldon" is derived from the Old English for "Bealda's Hill".[3]

History

The Church of England parish church of Saint Lawrence was built mostly in the 13th century.[4] It was restored to designs by the Gothic Revival architect Henry Woodyer in 1865.[5] The church is a Grade II* listed building.[6] There is a monument to the 1965 Little Baldon air crash in the north aisle of the church. Court House Farm is partly 16th century.[5][7] Toot Baldon manor house was built in the 17th century[5] and is Grade II* listed.[8] A parish school was built in the 19th or early 20th century. It has since closed and the building is now a private house.

Amenities

Toot Baldon has a pub. It used to be the Crown[9] but is now called the Mole Inn.[10] Toot Baldon and Marsh Baldon share a cricket club.[11]

References

  1. [1]
    "Area: Toot Baldon (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  2. [2]
    Alexander 1912, p. 209.
  3. [3]
    Alexander 1912, p. 46.
  4. [4]
    Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 818.
  5. [5]
    Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 819.
  6. [6]
    Historic England. "Church of St Lawrence (Grade II*) (1193957)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  7. [7]
    Historic England. "Court House (Grade II) (1047997)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  8. [8]
    Historic England. "The Manor House (Grade II*) (1047998)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  9. [9]
    Historic England. "The Crown Public House (Grade II) (1285927)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  10. [10]
    The Mole Inn
  11. [11]
    The Baldons Cricket Club

Sources

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